Brian Cathcart
Articles by Brian Cathcart
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Media
News hit by whiteout
- 09 October 2008
The press is still in panicky denial over diversity and racism, as the coverage of Sir Ian Blair's departure shows
Media
The market delivers bad news
- 02 October 2008
- 3 comments
If Grade's shareholders had their way, ITV would probably broadcast no regional news programmes at all
Media
Journalists: they can't live without us
- 25 September 2008
Amid all the changes delivered by communications technology, no one has yet found another way of generating news content. It's just a pity they show so little interest in making that content better
Media
Getting things right is not a luxury
- 18 September 2008
- 1 comment
In sacking most of its sub-editors, Express Newspapers is making a classic error. The job these people do is not an optional extra or an anachronism; it is integral
Media
Get out the suntan lotion
- 11 September 2008
Rain and floods mean a crisis for editors, a crisis of waffle. People are upset, but what can you say? Who can you blame? What does it mean?
Media
The Asian policeman who got uppity
- 04 September 2008
- 9 comments
Tarique Ghaffur is claiming that he was discriminated against in the police service, and some in the right-wing press are not taking it well
Media
Reading the political codes
- 28 August 2008
How is it possible to find meaning in something a politician doesn't say? For the political correspondent, it is all in a day's work
UK Politics
The book of Dave
- 21 August 2008
- 2 comments
In conversation with the editor of GQ, the would-be prime minister reveals . . . that he "doesn't really like Pot Noodles"
Theatre
A question of character
- 14 August 2008
The deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut army barracks have inspired a compelling play in this year's Fringe. Brian Cathcart, who investigated the real-life cases, is intrigued to see himself brought to life on stage
Media
To protect the innocent
- 07 August 2008
- 3 comments
Barry George was wrongly convicted in 2001 after the press, with the implicit blessing of the government, had destroyed what little reputation he may have had
